From: Stefan Salewski <mail@...>
Date: 2011-02-24T07:11:41+09:00
Subject: Re: a, b = Array.new(2).map!{|x| data.dup}

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 06:58 +0900, Brian Candler wrote:
Stefan Salewski wrote in post #983432:
> 
>
> > Is there a nicer variant available?
> 
> # here's one
> @scr, @png, @pdf, @svg, @ps = Array.new(5) { @output.dup }
> 
> # here's another, not for <=1.8.6
> @scr, @png, @pdf, @svg, @ps = 5.times.map { @output.dup }
> 
> But I think the original 5 lines is clearer :-)
> 
> 

Thanks. I agree, but I am still learning Ruby, so I like to see what is
possible. And I like to save some lines of code. On the other hand,
plain code is easier to understand and can easier converted to other
languages, I know.